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Depending on the products our members sell, they must comply with either Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive, the Battery Directive or Packaging Directive.</p> <p>These Producer Responsibility regulations require that Producers and Importers, in a nutshell the ones selling for the first time these products in a country of the European Union organize the collection, recycling, waste treatment and the financing of these operations.</p> </div> </div> <div class="vc_empty_space" style="height: 32px"><span class="vc_empty_space_inner"></span></div></div></div></div></div><div class="vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid vc_row-o-content-top vc_row-flex"><div class="wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-4"><div class="vc_column-inner"><div class="wpb_wrapper"> <div class="wpb_text_column wpb_content_element " > <div class="wpb_wrapper"> <h3><span style="color: #62bb46;"><strong>WEEE</strong></span></h3> <p align="justify">Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) law regulates the appropriate collection, treatment and financing of end-of-life products in the countries of the European Union and requires that manufacturers, rebranders and importers of Electrical and Electronic Equipment<span style="text-decoration: line-through;"> </span>comply with all national waste management obligations. PV WEEE legislation at a glance <a href="https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32012L0019">here</a>.</p> </div> </div> </div></div></div><div class="wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-4"><div class="vc_column-inner"><div class="wpb_wrapper"> <div class="wpb_text_column wpb_content_element " > <div class="wpb_wrapper"> <h3><span style="color: #62bb46;"><strong>BATTERIES</strong></span></h3> <p align="justify">Battery legislation regulates the appropriate treatment of <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/environment/waste/batteries/">end-of-life batteries</a> in the countries of the European Union. Both marketers and distributors are required to ensure a closed-loop approach for the batteries they bring on a national market.</p> </div> </div> </div></div></div><div class="wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-4"><div class="vc_column-inner"><div class="wpb_wrapper"> <div class="wpb_text_column wpb_content_element " > <div class="wpb_wrapper"> <h3><span style="color: #62bb46;"><strong>PACKAGING</strong></span></h3> <p align="justify">To harmonize national measures concerning the management of packaging and packaging waste and to prevent or reduce its impact on the environment the <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/environment/waste/packaging/index_en.htm">Directive 94/62/EC</a> was adopted.</p> </div> </div> </div></div></div></div><div class="vc_empty_space" style="height: 32px"><span class="vc_empty_space_inner"></span></div></div></div></div></div><div class="upb_color" data-bg-override="0" data-bg-color="#ffffff" data-fadeout="" data-fadeout-percentage="30" data-parallax-content="" data-parallax-content-sense="30" data-row-effect-mobile-disable="true" data-img-parallax-mobile-disable="true" data-rtl="false" data-custom-vc-row="" data-vc="7.5" data-is_old_vc="" data-theme-support="" data-overlay="false" data-overlay-color="" data-overlay-pattern="" data-overlay-pattern-opacity="" data-overlay-pattern-size="" data-seperator="true" data-seperator-type="triangle_svg_seperator" data-seperator-shape-size="40" data-seperator-svg-height="30" data-seperator-full-width="true" data-seperator-position="top_seperator" data-seperator-background-color="#eeeeee" data-icon="" ></div><div data-vc-full-width="true" data-vc-full-width-init="false" data-vc-stretch-content="true" class="vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_custom_1625929219196 vc_row-has-fill vc_row-no-padding"><div class="wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12"><div class="vc_column-inner"><div class="wpb_wrapper"><div class="vc_empty_space" style="height: 200px"><span class="vc_empty_space_inner"></span></div></div></div></div></div><div class="vc_row-full-width vc_clearfix"></div><div class="upb_bg_img" data-ultimate-bg="url(https://pvcycle.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Act-Banner-6.jpg)" data-image-id="432" data-ultimate-bg-style="vcpb-default" data-bg-img-repeat="repeat" data-bg-img-size="cover" data-bg-img-position="" data-parallx_sense="30" data-bg-override="full" data-bg_img_attach="scroll" data-upb-overlay-color="" data-upb-bg-animation="" data-fadeout="" data-bg-animation="left-animation" data-bg-animation-type="h" data-animation-repeat="repeat" data-fadeout-percentage="30" data-parallax-content="" data-parallax-content-sense="30" data-row-effect-mobile-disable="true" data-img-parallax-mobile-disable="true" data-rtl="false" data-custom-vc-row="" data-vc="7.5" data-is_old_vc="" data-theme-support="" data-overlay="false" data-overlay-color="" data-overlay-pattern="" data-overlay-pattern-opacity="" data-overlay-pattern-size="" ></div><section data-vc-full-width="true" data-vc-full-width-init="false" data-vc-stretch-content="true" class="vc_section"><div class="vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid"><div class="wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12"><div class="vc_column-inner"><div class="wpb_wrapper"><div class="vc_empty_space" style="height: 32px"><span class="vc_empty_space_inner"></span></div></div></div></div></div></section><div class="vc_row-full-width vc_clearfix"></div><div class="vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_custom_1553872237805"><div class="wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12"><div class="vc_column-inner"><div class="wpb_wrapper"><div class="vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid"><div class="wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12"><div class="vc_column-inner"><div class="wpb_wrapper"> <div class="wpb_text_column wpb_content_element " > <div class="wpb_wrapper"> <h3><strong>WASTE TREATMENT LEGISLATION</strong></h3> <p align="justify">In turn, PV CYCLE and our partner network have to fulfill the extensive obligations under the Waste Shipment Regulation and the Basel Convention. Managing and treating waste also requires to have the necessary accreditations and permits – and to work at the industry’s highest standards. To learn more about our accreditations, visit our national websites or contact us <a href="https://pvcycle.org/operation-contact/">by clicking here</a>.</p> </div> </div> <div class="vc_empty_space" style="height: 32px"><span class="vc_empty_space_inner"></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="upb_color" data-bg-override="0" data-bg-color="#eeeeee" data-fadeout="" data-fadeout-percentage="30" data-parallax-content="" data-parallax-content-sense="30" data-row-effect-mobile-disable="true" data-img-parallax-mobile-disable="true" data-rtl="false" data-custom-vc-row="" data-vc="7.5" data-is_old_vc="" data-theme-support="" data-overlay="false" data-overlay-color="" data-overlay-pattern="" data-overlay-pattern-opacity="" data-overlay-pattern-size="" ></div><div class="vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid"><div class="wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12"><div class="vc_column-inner"><div class="wpb_wrapper"><div class="vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid vc_row-o-content-top vc_row-flex"><div class="wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12 vc_col-has-fill"><div class="vc_column-inner vc_custom_1542118453846"><div class="wpb_wrapper"><div class="vc_toggle vc_toggle_default vc_toggle_color_default vc_toggle_size_md"><div class="vc_toggle_title"><h2 style="color: #ffffff;text-align: left;font-family:Fira Sans;font-weight:400;font-style:normal" class="vc_custom_heading" >Waste Shipment Regulation</h2><i class="vc_toggle_icon"></i></div><div class="vc_toggle_content"><p><span style="color: #ffffff;">The European Waste Shipment Regulation specifies the procedures for waste shipments within the European Union, and to and from third countries. By regulating waste movements, the European Union seeks to improve environmental protection and prevent uncontrolled shipments.</span></p> <p><span class="cp-load-after-post"></span></p> </div></div><div class="vc_toggle vc_toggle_default vc_toggle_color_default vc_toggle_size_md"><div class="vc_toggle_title"><h2 style="color: #ffffff;text-align: left;font-family:Fira Sans;font-weight:400;font-style:normal" class="vc_custom_heading" >Basel Convention</h2><i class="vc_toggle_icon"></i></div><div class="vc_toggle_content"><p><span style="color: #ffffff;">The overarching objective of the Basel Convention is to protect human health and the environment against the adverse effects of hazardous wastes. Its scope of application covers a wide range of wastes defined as “hazardous wastes” based on their origin and/or composition and their characteristics, as well as two types of wastes defined as “other wastes” – household waste and incinerator ash.</span></p> <p><span style="color: #ffffff;">The provisions of the Convention center around the following principal aims:</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="color: #ffffff;">the reduction of hazardous waste generation and the promotion of environmentally sound management of hazardous wastes, wherever the place of disposal;/span></span></li> <li><span style="color: #ffffff;">the restriction of transboundary movements of hazardous wastes except where it is perceived to be in accordance with the principles of environmentally sound management; and</span></li> <li><span style="color: #ffffff;">a regulatory system applying to cases where transboundary movements are permissible.</span></li> </ul> <p><span class="cp-load-after-post"></span></p> </div></div><div class="vc_toggle vc_toggle_default vc_toggle_color_default vc_toggle_size_md"><div class="vc_toggle_title"><h2 style="color: #ffffff;text-align: left;font-family:Fira Sans;font-weight:400;font-style:normal" class="vc_custom_heading" >Waste Framework Legislation</h2><i class="vc_toggle_icon"></i></div><div class="vc_toggle_content"><p><span style="color: #ffffff;">With the goal of preventing the harmful effects of waste generation and in order to encourage sustainable waste management, the European Waste Directive provides a legal framework for the management of waste in Europe. 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